The broodies are starting to hatch here. I had one hen on a nest that I tried to move into the Eglu last night and she was fighting me, so her and her one hatched chick got moved in. The other eggs that weren't pipped or hatching I was planning to take and finish in the incubator. She also had one egg that was pipped so I slid that under another group of broodies because I could hear a chick peeping under them so they're in the middle of a hatch too. There are three of them on that nest! They're jammed in and it looks ridiculous, but those chicks are going to have three moms, so they'll be well protected.
And just as I was getting ready to gather up the leftover eggs from the first broody's nest, an Ac hen hopped in immediately and bit the heck out of me. Don't know if she was sharing the nest with the other broody or if she decided to take that nest instead of squeezing back in with the other three hens, but it worked for me so I let her have it.
And just as I was getting ready to gather up the leftover eggs from the first broody's nest, an Ac hen hopped in immediately and bit the heck out of me. Don't know if she was sharing the nest with the other broody or if she decided to take that nest instead of squeezing back in with the other three hens, but it worked for me so I let her have it.
